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Tuesday 29 April 2014
Highlands Coffee in Vietnam deploys GKB Diplomat IP surveillance to boost chain stores safety
Background: Highlands Coffee is a brand of Viet Thai International Joint Stock Company (VTI). Highlands Coffee brand launched into high-end hotels and supermarkets in 2000 via packaged...
Tuesday 29 April 2014
AIC SB301-TO Storage Server solution based on Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 family
AIC announced the release of its Tolimon Series Storage Server. By implementing Intel's most advanced designs to date in Intel Xeon processors and chipsets with AIC-patented MAX I/O...
Monday 28 April 2014
Taiwan market: FET to launch 2nd own-brand 4G smartphone, the Smart 403
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, on April 28 unveiled the Smart 403, its second own-brand 4G smartphone...
Monday 28 April 2014
Merry Electronics expanding overseas capacity with investment of NT$2.1-2.3 billion
Taiwan-based handset component maker Merry Electronics is setting up a new factory in Thailand and expanding production capacity at a factory in southern China and another in eastern...
Monday 28 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments to grow over 40% in 2Q14
Taiwan-based handset ODMs and brand vendors are expected to see their combined handset shipments grow over 40% on quarter and also on year to a total of 23.4 million units in the...
Monday 28 April 2014
Acer sets internal targets of 10 million smartphones and tablets for 2014
Acer has set an internal goal of shipping 10 million smartphones and 10 million tablets in 2014, increasing from the 1.5 million and five million shipped in 2013, according to Acer's...
Monday 28 April 2014
Taiwan Star Cellular to acquire Vibo Telecom via stock swap
Taiwan Star Cellular, one of the six next-generation (4G) licensees in Taiwan, will hold a 100% stake in Vibo Telecom, a 3G mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, through a stock swap...
Monday 28 April 2014
FET sees 1Q14 revenue proportion for non-voice services rise to 42.9%
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, saw the non-voice-services proportion of its first-quarter 2014 total mobile communication...
Friday 25 April 2014
Taiwan handsets – 1Q 2014
HTC lost its title as the biggest handset maker in Taiwan to Chi Mei Communication Systems in the first quarter 2014, as the former saw a sharp drop in shipments. But overall shipments...
Friday 25 April 2014
Lenovo to start dual-brand smartphone marketing
Lenovo will adopt dual-brand marketing for smartphones in 2014, using the Motorola brand to sell mid-range to high-end models in the US and Western Europe, and selling entry-level...
Friday 25 April 2014
Taiwan market: Huawei launching Honor 3C smartphone
China-based Huawei will start marketing its Honor 3C smartphone in the Taiwan market at the end of April with a suggested retail price of NT$4,999 (US$165) unlocked.
Friday 25 April 2014
China-based white-box tablet vendors face increasing competition from international brands
International tablet vendors have launched various low-price models, posing increasing pressure on China-based white-box vendors. As a result, many second- and third-tier China-based...
Friday 25 April 2014
Huawei Device aims to ship 80 million smartphones in 2014
China-based vendor Huawei Device has set a goal of shipping 80 million smartphones globally in 2014, growing 53.8% on year, according to the company.
Thursday 24 April 2014
Taiwan market: HTC unveils Desire 816, Desire 610 4G smartphones
HTC on April 23 unveiled two mid-range 4G smartphones, the HTC Desire 816 and Desire 610, for launch in the Taiwan market at contract-free retail prices of NT$9,990 (US$330) and NT$7,990,...
Thursday 24 April 2014
Taiwan notebooks – 1Q 2014
Seasonality and high inventories at clients undermined Taiwan notebook makers' first-quarter 2014 shipments, which dropped following three consecutive quarters of sequential growths...